To meet the growing demand for higher education, in the late s the institution began establishing regional campuses in communities such as Florence, Conway, and Beaufort. With increasing levels of state funding and the arrival of the baby boom generation during the s and early s, Carolina grew from a student body of about 5, to nearly 25, Degree offerings expanded likewise, and under the leadership of President Thomas Jones, graduate education and research received growing emphasis.
Change was constant. The increasing size of the student body was matched with changes in the nature of those students. As the result of a federal court order, on September 11, , Henrie D. Monteith, Robert Anderson, and James Solomon became the first of an ever-growing number of African American students to enroll at the university in the late twentieth century.
Increasing numbers of international students came to Columbia as well. Renovations of older areas such as the Horseshoe ensured that the historic heart of the campus survived. Private fund-raising became a priority as state funding continued to lag behind growth, and the university emphasized international programs that attracted national attention.
Holderman was driven from office in in the wake of a highly publicized spending scandal. In the s the University of South Carolina continued the drive for national recognition, emphasizing increased levels of faculty research and outside research funding. Burke, W. Lewis, Jr. Lewis Burke, Jr. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, Green, Edwin L.
A History of the University of South Carolina. We enjoy a rich history of more than years of academic leadership, and we're building on that tradition. Find out more about our history, the people who make us successful and how to help shape our future.
From our founding in and original quadrangle of buildings that make up the historic Horseshoe, learn how we have persevered through the years and evolved into a major research university dedicated to educating South Carolinians.
The campus is housed in the historic Banksia mansion in downtown Aiken. Chris Sharp serves as the first director. The first associate degrees were awarded in June The Double Knot sculpture by Charles Perry is placed in the building's open courtyard.
It was the largest contribution ever made to a library in the state at that time. It includes a gymnasium, bookstore and food services facilities. Marshall Cain as the first chairman. Robert E. An addition to the Gregg-Graniteville Library is completed, doubling the size of the facility Pacer Downs opens to provide campus housing for UofSC Aiken students.
Gasper L. UofSC Aiken celebrates its silver anniversary. The Sciences Building is dedicated. The Children's Center was completed.
UofSC Aiken begins offering its first master's degree, in elementary education. Land for the present campus was donated in and the first building, financed largely through a local fund-raising drive, was ready for fall New buildings were added frequently to keep pace with enrollment growth. Coastal awarded its first four-year degrees in and the first residence halls opening in By , many Coastal supports felt the institution had reached a level of maturity that separation from USC a logical, and eventually inevitable, move.
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